President Barack Obama speaks about race in the context of the not guilty ruling of George Zimmerman in the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in February 2012, as he appears at the start of the Daily Press Briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Beck proceeded to ask why the president, and people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, are so outraged by the Trayvon Martin case but comparatively silent on “the dropout factories that are inner city schools” or the failure of massive government programs “that have left citizens begging politicians for just a few more crumbs.” Beck reflected: “I’m sorry but I’ve never seen a leader behave this way, ever. Leaders do not blame people. Leaders do not lie for their own personal gain – crooks do. Leaders tell you the truth, the hard truth, and then just when you think you’re at your lowest, a leader doesn’t lean down to you and say ‘You know what? You’ll never, ever make it without me.’ They never do that. They inspire you to reach higher than you ever thought you could. That’s what a leader does.” Taking a different approach, Beck asked: “Did any good parent that you know of ever encourage you to focus on the past? …To take from others because you didn’t get your ‘fair share’?”
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:21:22 +0000
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